Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
In Context
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.
2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye turn away, and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Job 33:3My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Psalms 89:30(89-31) If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances;
Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →